I suspect that you can also use Software Restriction Policy to prevent execution of all of these. That would be my recommendation. As for the icons, I know that sometimes the MS apps are special shell icons, so removing them may be a reg hack, but definitely do-able through scripts. Darren -----Original Message----- From: gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Nelson, Jamie R Contr 72 CS/SCBAF Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2007 12:00 PM To: gptalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [gptalk] Re: MSN, Windows, and Live messengers Don't know about the others (there might be specific ADM templates for them) but Windows Messenger can be controlled through User or Computer Policy by going to Administrative Templates > Windows Components > Windows Messenger. The only way to remove the icons would be with some sort of startup/logon script. Regards, Jamie Nelson -----Original Message----- From: gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:gptalk-bounce@xxxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Lloyd Kimble Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2007 1:33 PM To: gptalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx Subject: [gptalk] MSN, Windows, and Live messengers I was wondering if anyone knows how to stop the three Windows messaging tools (MSN, Windows Messenger, Live) from launching using group policy on a domain. Also is there a way to remove the icons for these three programs so users do not even see them. Thanks for any and all replies. Lloyd *********************** You can unsubscribe from gptalk by sending email to gptalk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the freelists.org Web interface. Archives for the list are available at //www.freelists.org/archives/gptalk/ ************************ *********************** You can unsubscribe from gptalk by sending email to gptalk-request@xxxxxxxxxxxxx with 'unsubscribe' in the Subject field OR by logging into the freelists.org Web interface. Archives for the list are available at //www.freelists.org/archives/gptalk/ ************************